I have been a part of a blogging community called Xanga. Lately there have been tons of posts about this thing called "thinspo." Thinspos are blogs that people, usually girls, post about how they want to be skinny. They talk about how purging helps them reach a certain weight and usually that weight isn't realistic for their height or body type. Having such a large group of girls believe that this is the norm is honestly mind blowing. A perfect example of this is this website.
My heart yearns for these girls because what they're doing to themselves isn't healthy. If you click the link above you can tell that this is not normal. More people need to come together and let people know that you can clearly die from losing too much weight and not having enough fat on your body. Starving yourself isn't going to get you anywhere and it's going to harm your body in the long run. Also, if you know someone who is part of these thinspos you should really look into getting them help or even just being there to listen to them because these people that engage in this activity usually are a result of a lack of self confidence due to the media that they've been brain washed with for years.
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